Men’s Hockey Welcomes Rassey To Coaching Staff For 2013-14 Season

Sep 16, 2013

Rob Rassey comes to Cambridge after two season in the USHL
with the Youngstown Phantoms (Photo Courtesy: Youngstown
Phantoms).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ted Donato '91, the Robert D.
Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey announced the
addition of Rob Rassey to the coaching staff for the 2013-14
season. Rassey will serve as an assistant coach on Donato’s
staff, along with Albie O’Connell, who is in his third year
with the Crimson.

Rassey comes to Cambridge after a successful two-year stint as
an assistant coach with the Youngstown Phantoms of the United
States Hockey League (USHL). In his first year coaching with the
club, he helped the Phantoms return to the USHL playoffs, securing
a fourth-place finish thanks to a 32-win season. Last year, he saw
the team notch 37 wins and finish third in its division, claiming
another playoff berth.

Prior to working with the Youngstown program, Rassey worked with
USA Hockey Massachusetts Player Development for the select festival
as a scout and coach. Before that, he was a volunteer coach with
his alma mater, Northeastern University, from 2009-2011, helping
the team to a 30-32-10 record. At Northeastern, Rassey was in
charge of special teams, in game scouting/adjustments, game plan
design, video breakdown, and bench management.

Rassey skated at Northeastern from 2005-2009, where his team
improved from a three-win season his freshman year to a 25-win
campaign as a senior – setting a university record and
earning the school’s first NCAA tournament bid in more than
20 years. He was a four-time letterman, a four-time Hockey
East Academic Honor Roll recipient – including being named a
Hockey East Distinguished Scholar in 2009 – and recipient of
the 2008 Coaches’ Award for loyalty and friendship to the NU
hockey program. He graduated in 2009 Magna Cum Laude with a degree
in finance and management.

Following his time at Northeastern, Rassey played for the
Youngstown Phantoms, then of the North American Hockey League
(NAHL), and was a two-time captain.